@seanmccoy I am evaluation Mixpanel on the free plan, but I have access to a full-featured demo of Mixpanel. I do not have access to the site associated with the Mixpanel demo, so I cannot make a sample message and trigger it anywhere.

I need to mockup how we could use in-app messages in our product, but I do not know what the messages really look like in a real app. Specifically a Desktop web app.

Where do the in-app messages appear? Can I determine where they appear? What do they look like when they appear - both small and take over messages.

@chsweb Are you comparing MP messages to any other platform, if so, what platforms? I haven’t tried any in-app messages on web so I cannot provide any screen shots or experience around that use case. What features are you mainly trying to get out for in-app messages?

Thank you @seanmccoy! I am assuming the real messages look like the WYSIWYG messages that I can build in the sandbox, but I don’t know if that is true, or if Mixpanel darkens the background on the take over message.

We have a few user case for using in-app messages, such as:

When someone invokes an event that has been show to trigger a contact support event frequently, use Mixpanel to insert a useful message. The goal here is to reduce support cases with in-app messages.

When someone is using a part of a funnel that has a high failure rate, use in-app Messages to help them get past the part the is causing us to lose conversions (until the product team can address the issue).

When someone logs in, for the first time, send a helpful message to guide them.

When someone logs in, but does not complete “Event X,” send them a message they next time they log in to remind them to do ‘Event X.’

I am building a business case, and would like to mock up a few of those scenarios, by putting example Mixpanel in-app messages over top of a screen shot of our product pages.

In-app messages, and email, is a killer feature, but nobody seems to be using it; and none of the Mixpanel documentation shows real examples. Strange.

Thank you for the screen shots above, I think I will do my best to fake it, and not try to place the message in a specific place in my mockups.

@chsweb wanted to share the web in-app set up on music funder project. User will get this in-app message if their city is set to San Francisco.

What my website looks like beforeWhat my web in-app looks like when it shows. The background does tend to dim down when an in-app message is shown. composed message via MixpanelTarget Criteria via Mixpanel

I will also share this feedback with our team to consider adding more image documentation for in-apps. Hope this helps!

I am starting to play more with MP messages lately because its easier to track and slice up data to measure the impact compared to other services that I currently use. I am constantly submitting feature request to MP to improve their functionality because it is still limited compared to other solutions on the market.

@chsweb The music finder is not publicly accessible as this is my personal dummy project. However, I have passed down the feedback for a need to have a publicly accessible project/website. To keep track of this feedback, I have created an Idea on your behalf here.

Additionally, there is not a built-in way to change the position of a web in-app Message. If you want to change the position of an in-app you would need to do so using CSS. As you mentioned this is not specifically mentioned in our documentation, but this help article gives an example of using CSS to customize your web in-app Message. Please check in with your developer about your options for using CSS to specify the position of a web in-app Message.

Additionally, there is not a built-in way to change the position of a web in-app Message. If you want to change the position of an in-app you would need to do so using CSS. As you mentioned this is not specifically mentioned in our documentation, but this help article gives an example of using CSS to customize your web in-app Message. Please check in with your developer about your options for using CSS to specify the position of a web in-app Message.

Thank you, without looking, I am assuming we can absolute position the in-app message, when needed (I am a developer too). The liquid tempting looks good.

With my design and sales hat on: I wish there was a way to test the feature more to get a feel for what we would be really paying for on a paid plan, or to build a business case.

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